Edmonds, who is listed at 5 feet 11 and 195 pounds and is from Alpharetta, Ga., also had offers from California, Syracuse, Illinois, Purdue, Kansas and Boston College, among others, according to 247sports.com.

Edmonds is the sixth pledge in the Gophers’ 2018 recruiting class and its first running back.

Andy Greder covers two varieties of football — Minnesota Gophers and Minnesota United, aka the club embarking into Major League Soccer this year. Since joining the Pioneer Press full time in November 2013, he’s also covered the Timberwolves as a beat and spot duty from the Vikings to high schools. He was a part-time breaking news reporter at the Pioneer Press from 2011-13, when he was also a freelance writer and organic farmer. He started at the Duluth News Tribune in 2006, covering sports, news and business until living abroad in 2010.

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